MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171500F021.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 21 hour RUC valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.14,-94.81 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -94.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 79 SFC 987 189 18.9 17.0 89 1.9 17.6 187 5 293.1 295.3 291.3 328.4 12.40 2 950 526 21.4 18.8 85 2.6 19.6 218 32 298.9 301.6 294.6 341.3 14.55 3 900 995 20.1 15.6 75 4.5 17.1 222 31 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.0 12.46 4 850 1486 17.0 11.8 71 5.2 13.7 239 25 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.7 10.31 5 800 2002 14.5 8.3 66 6.2 10.7 255 14 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.6 8.60 6 750 2545 11.8 2.2 52 9.7 6.5 237 11 309.4 310.5 291.1 327.9 5.97 7 700 3118 7.8 -0.9 54 8.7 3.2 222 15 311.1 312.0 290.9 327.1 5.11 8 650 3723 2.3 0.7 89 1.5 1.5 233 19 311.6 312.7 292.0 330.9 6.23 9 600 4365 -2.3 -4.9 83 2.5 -3.6 240 24 313.4 314.3 291.0 327.5 4.44 10 550 5050 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -9.2 238 29 315.9 316.4 290.1 324.4 2.58 11 500 5787 -11.7 -20.6 47 9.0 -14.3 237 34 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.9 1.48 12 450 6586 -15.7 -37.1 14 21.4 -19.5 242 38 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.8 0.35 13 400 7465 -20.7 -45.7 9 24.9 -23.9 247 46 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 14 350 8437 -28.0 -48.5 12 20.5 -30.0 245 52 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.13 15 300 9523 -36.8 -51.2 21 14.4 -37.8 251 62 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10755 -47.6 -51.7 62 4.2 -47.7 255 71 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12204 -53.0 -71.9 8 18.9 -53.3 254 80 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14022 -62.1 -80.7 7 18.6 -62.3 255 70 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16461 -71.4 -87.5 7 16.1 -71.5 254 36 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.69 m Freezing level: 625.27 mb = 4040.59 m = 13256.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.27 mb = 3906.91 m = 12817.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.77 mb = 436.87 m = 1433.29 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1910.79 m = 6268.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 31.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 705.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.29 mb = 1059.61 m = 3476.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.29 mb = 3375.17 m = 11073.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.29 mb = 11066.90 m = 36308.29 ft B at Equ Level: 698.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.29 mb = 13294.73 m = 43617.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.7 neg: -9.6 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 101.10 Bulk Shear: 6.98 m/s